Period 2 History 1918-2000
By: Wayland Li and Surya Pulukuri

World War II


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Adolf Hitler (above) led Nazis to invade the Soviet Union in 1941. This brought the Soviet Union into World War II. Soon the Soviet Union join with the United States and the United Kingdom and defeated the Nazis.


Cold war


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The Cold war was when the United States and the Soviet Union went to war,they both even launched rocket into space for the space race.Finally in 1991 the Soviet Union broke into 15 republics(including russia).
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These are the 15 countries that the Soviet Union broke up into
russia
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Georgia
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Ukraine
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Moldova
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Belarus
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Armenia
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Azerbaijan
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Kazakhstan
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Uzbekistan
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Turkmenistan
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Kyrgyzstan
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Tajikistan
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Estonia3
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Latvia3
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Lithuania3
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